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Best Open-Source LLMs in October 2026
As of October 2026, Kimi K3 leads the Noometry Index with a score of 59.5, ahead of GLM-5.3 at 54.8.
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- Kimi K3 59.5
- GLM-5.3 54.8
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 54.3
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 53.6
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 52.8
- GLM-5.3-Flash 51.8
- GLM-5.2 51.1
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro 50.3
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash 48.5
- Kimi K2.5 48.1
Full ranking
190 models
| 1 | Moonshot AI Kimi K3 | Moonshot AI | Open | 1.05M | 59.5 | $3 | $15 | 9.92 | — |
| 2 | Z.ai (Zhipu) GLM-5.3 | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Open | 1M | 54.8 | $1.40 | $4.40 | 25.5 | — |
| 3 | DeepSeek | Open | 1M | 54.3 | $0.66 | $1.98 | 54.9 | 16 | |
| 4 | DeepSeek | Open | 1M | 53.6 | $0.15 | $0.60 | 204 | 6 | |
| 5 | DeepSeek | Open | 1M | 52.8 | $0.15 | $0.60 | 201 | — | |
| 6 | Z.ai (Zhipu) GLM-5.3-Flash | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Open | 1M | 51.8 | $0.15 | $0.50 | 218 | — |
| 7 | Z.ai (Zhipu) GLM-5.2 | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Open | 1M | 51.1 | $1.40 | $4.40 | 23.8 | 23 |
| 8 | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Xiaomi | Open | 1.05M | 50.3 | $0.43 | $0.87 | 92.5 | — |
| 9 | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Xiaomi | Open | 1.05M | 48.5 | $0.14 | $0.28 | 277 | — |
| 10 | Moonshot AI Kimi K2.5 | Moonshot AI | Open | 262K | 48.1 | $0.45 | $2.25 | 53.4 | 66 |
| 11 | Z.ai (Zhipu) GLM-5.1 | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Open | 200K | 47.8 | $1.40 | $4.40 | 22.2 | — |
| 12 | Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 | Moonshot AI | Open | 262K | 47.7 | $0.95 | $4 | 27.8 | — |
| 13 | Thinking Machines Lab Inkling-Small | Thinking Machines Lab | Open | 524K | 46.5 | $0.45 | $1.20 | 72.9 | — |
| 14 | Z.ai (Zhipu) GLM-5 | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Open | 205K | 46.1 | $1 | $3.20 | 29.7 | 23 |
| 15 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 262K | 46.0 | $0.60 | $3.60 | 34.1 | 9 | |
| 16 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 262K | 46.0 | $0.99 | $1.49 | 41.2 | — | |
| 17 | Moonshot AI Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Moonshot AI | Open | — | 45.8 | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Tencent | Open | 1.05M | 45.3 | $0.75 | $2.25 | 40.2 | — | |
| 19 | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Xiaomi | Open | 1.05M | 45.2 | $0.43 | $0.87 | 83.2 | — |
| 20 | DeepSeek | Open | 164K | 44.3 | $0.26 | $0.38 | 153 | 16 | |
| 21 | Tencent | Open | 262K | 44.2 | $0.0825 | $0.33 | 306 | — | |
| 22 | Thinking Machines Lab Inkling | Thinking Machines Lab | Open | 66K | 44.1 | $1.87 | $4.68 | 17.1 | — |
| 23 | MiniMax | Open | 1M | 43.8 | $0.30 | $1.20 | 83.4 | — | |
| 24 | Moonshot AI Kimi K2.5 Instant | Moonshot AI | Open | — | 43.6 | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Open | 262K | 43.5 | $0.09 | $0.34 | 286 | 3 | ||
| 26 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 131K | 43.5 | $0.70 | $2.80 | 35.5 | 85 | |
| 27 | Open | 262K | 43.5 | $0.0675 | $0.23 | 407 | — | ||
| 28 | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 | Xiaomi | Open | 1.05M | 43.4 | $0.14 | $0.28 | 248 | — |
| 29 | Moonshot AI Kimi K2.7 Code | Moonshot AI | Open | 262K | 43.3 | $0.95 | $4 | 25.3 | — |
| 30 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 131K | 43.2 | $0.70 | $2.80 | 35.3 | — | |
| 31 | DeepSeek | Open | 164K | 43.1 | $0.27 | $1 | 95.4 | 30 | |
| 32 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 131K | 43.0 | $0.50 | $2 | 49.2 | 111 | |
| 33 | DeepSeek | Open | 164K | 42.8 | $0.25 | $0.95 | 101 | 328 | |
| 34 | NVIDIA | Open | 262K | 42.5 | $0.50 | $2.20 | 45.9 | — | |
| 35 | StepFun | Open | 256K | 42.3 | $0.10 | $0.30 | 282 | — | |
| 36 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 262K | 42.2 | $0.60 | $3.60 | 31.3 | — | |
| 37 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 262K | 42.1 | $0.40 | $3.20 | 38.3 | — | |
| 38 | Meituan Longcat Flash Chat | Meituan | Open | — | 42.1 | — | — | — | 69 |
| 39 | Z.ai (Zhipu) GLM-4.5 | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Open | 131K | 42.0 | $0.60 | $2.20 | 42 | 32 |
| 40 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 262K | 42.0 | $0.25 | $2 | 61 | — | |
| 41 | Z.ai (Zhipu) GLM-4.7 | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Open | 205K | 42.0 | $0.60 | $2.20 | 42 | — |
| 42 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 262K | 41.9 | $0.30 | $2.40 | 50.7 | — | |
| 43 | IBM Granite 4.2 30b | IBM | Open | — | 41.8 | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | Meta | Open | — | 41.7 | — | — | — | — | |
| 45 | Z.ai (Zhipu) GLM-4.6 | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Open | 205K | 41.4 | $0.60 | $2.20 | 41.4 | 12 |
| 46 | Z.ai (Zhipu) GLM-4.6V | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Open | 128K | 41.3 | $0.30 | $0.90 | 91.8 | — |
| 47 | Xiaomi MiMo-V2-Flash | Xiaomi | Open | 262K | 41.3 | $0.14 | $0.28 | 236 | — |
| 48 | Moonshot AI Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Moonshot AI | Open | 262K | 41.2 | $0.57 | $2.30 | 41.1 | 201 |
| 49 | NVIDIA | Open | 262K | 40.6 | $0.05 | $0.20 | 464 | — | |
| 50 | IBM Granite 4.2 8B | IBM | Open | 131K | 40.5 | $0.06 | $0.25 | 377 | — |
| 51 | StepFun | Open | — | 40.5 | — | — | — | 7 | |
| 52 | MiniMax | Open | 1M | 40.3 | $0.55 | $2.20 | 41.9 | — | |
| 53 | NVIDIA | Open | 131K | 40.3 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 101 | — | |
| 54 | Mistral AI | Open | 262K | 40.2 | $1.50 | $7.50 | 13.4 | 50 | |
| 55 | NVIDIA | Open | 262K | 40.1 | $0.08 | $0.45 | 233 | — | |
| 56 | NVIDIA | Open | — | 40.1 | — | — | — | — | |
| 57 | NVIDIA | Open | 262K | 40.0 | $0.05 | $0.20 | 457 | — | |
| 58 | Z.ai (Zhipu) GLM-4.5V | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Open | 64K | 39.8 | $0.60 | $1.80 | 44.2 | 34 |
| 59 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | — | 39.8 | — | — | — | — | |
| 60 | DeepSeek | Open | 128K | 39.7 | $0.58 | $1.68 | 46.4 | — | |
| 61 | DeepSeek | Open | 164K | 39.5 | $0.24 | $0.90 | 97.5 | 73 | |
| 62 | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Open | — | 39.4 | — | — | — | — | |
| 63 | IBM Granite 4.2 3b | IBM | Open | — | 39.4 | — | — | — | — |
| 64 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 131K | 39.2 | $0.70 | $2.80 | 32 | 86 | |
| 65 | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Open | — | 39.1 | — | — | — | — | |
| 66 | Mistral AI | Open | 262K | 39.1 | $0.25 | $0.75 | 104 | 7 | |
| 67 | Z.ai (Zhipu) GLM-4.5-Air | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Open | 131K | 38.9 | $0.20 | $1.10 | 91.6 | 160 |
| 68 | MiniMax | Open | 205K | 38.9 | $0.30 | $1.20 | 74.2 | — | |
| 69 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 41K | 38.9 | $0.12 | $0.50 | 181 | 42 | |
| 70 | Z.ai (Zhipu) GLM-4.7-Flash | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Open | 200K | 38.8 | $0.06 | $0.40 | 268 | — |
| 71 | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Open | — | 38.7 | — | — | — | — | |
| 72 | Arcee AI | Open | 262K | 38.6 | $0.25 | $0.80 | 99.7 | — | |
| 73 | MiniMax | Open | 205K | 38.3 | $0.30 | $1.20 | 73 | 49 | |
| 74 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 262K | 38.1 | $1.50 | $7.50 | 12.7 | 67 | |
| 75 | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Open | — | 37.9 | — | — | — | — | |
| 76 | DeepSeek | Open | — | 37.8 | — | — | — | 18 | |
| 77 | MiniMax | Open | 205K | 37.7 | $0.30 | $1.20 | 71.9 | — | |
| 78 | DeepSeek | Open | — | 37.6 | — | — | — | — | |
| 79 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 262K | 37.6 | $0.25 | $1.49 | 67.5 | — | |
| 80 | NVIDIA | Open | — | 37.6 | — | — | — | — | |
| 81 | MiniMax | Open | 205K | 37.4 | $0.30 | $1.20 | 71.2 | 17 | |
| 82 | IBM Granite 4.1 8b | IBM | Open | — | 37.4 | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Open | — | 37.3 | — | — | — | 13 | ||
| 84 | StepFun | Open | 256K | 37.3 | $0.18 | $1.11 | 89.6 | — | |
| 85 | NVIDIA | Open | — | 36.7 | — | — | — | — | |
| 86 | IBM Granite 4.0 H Small | IBM | Open | — | 36.5 | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Cohere | Open | 256K | 36.5 | $2.50 | $10 | 8.33 | 28 | |
| 88 | OpenAI gpt-oss-120b | OpenAI | Open | 131K | 36.3 | $0.037 | $0.17 | 517 | 55 |
| 89 | Mistral AI | Open | 262K | 36.3 | $1.50 | $7.50 | 12.1 | 68 | |
| 90 | DeepSeek | Open | — | 35.9 | — | — | — | — | |
| 91 | Cohere | Open | 128K | 35.9 | — | — | — | — | |
| 92 | NVIDIA | Open | — | 35.9 | — | — | — | — | |
| 93 | NVIDIA | Open | — | 35.9 | — | — | — | — | |
| 94 | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Open | — | 35.7 | — | — | — | — | |
| 95 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 131K | 35.5 | $0.35 | $1.40 | 57.9 | 79 | |
| 96 | DeepSeek | Open | — | 35.5 | — | — | — | — | |
| 97 | Mistral AI | Open | 262K | 35.2 | $2 | $5 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| 98 | Cohere | Open | — | 34.9 | — | — | — | — | |
| 99 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 262K | 34.3 | $0.12 | $0.80 | 118 | — | |
| 100 | Mistral AI | Open | 128K | 34.3 | $0.10 | $0.30 | 229 | 88 | |
| 101 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | — | 34.2 | — | — | — | — | |
| 102 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 262K | 33.8 | $0.10 | $0.15 | 300 | — | |
| 103 | Meta | Open | — | 33.7 | — | — | — | — | |
| 104 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 131K | 33.7 | $0.18 | $0.70 | 109 | — | |
| 105 | Mistral AI | Open | 262K | 33.4 | $0.15 | $0.60 | 127 | 120 | |
| 106 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 33K | 33.4 | $0.66 | $1 | 44.8 | — | |
| 107 | IBM Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | IBM | Open | — | 33.2 | — | — | — | — |
| 108 | Open | — | 33.1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 109 | Microsoft | Open | — | 33.0 | — | — | — | — | |
| 110 | Microsoft | Open | — | 33.0 | — | — | — | — | |
| 111 | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Open | — | 33.0 | — | — | — | — | |
| 112 | DeepSeek | Open | — | 32.7 | — | — | — | — | |
| 113 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | — | 32.7 | — | — | — | — | |
| 114 | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Open | — | 32.7 | — | — | — | — | |
| 115 | OpenAI gpt-oss-20b | OpenAI | Open | 131K | 32.5 | $0.018 | $0.09 | 903 | 96 |
| 116 | Poolside | Open | 262K | 32.5 | — | — | — | — | |
| 117 | Cohere | Open | 128K | 32.4 | $2.50 | $10 | 7.41 | — | |
| 118 | IBM Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | IBM | Open | — | 32.4 | — | — | — | — |
| 119 | Mistral AI | Open | 128K | 32.2 | $2 | $6 | 10.7 | — | |
| 120 | Technology Innovation Institute | Open | — | 32.2 | — | — | — | — | |
| 121 | Open | 131K | 32.1 | $0.05 | $0.15 | 428 | — | ||
| 122 | Mistral AI | Open | 131K | 31.9 | $2 | $6 | 10.6 | — | |
| 123 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | — | 31.9 | — | — | — | — | |
| 124 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 131K | 31.9 | $1.40 | $5.60 | 13 | — | |
| 125 | NVIDIA | Open | — | 31.8 | — | — | — | — | |
| 126 | Mistral AI | Open | 128K | 31.7 | $0.35 | $0.56 | 78.8 | — | |
| 127 | IBM Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | IBM | Open | — | 31.6 | — | — | — | — |
| 128 | Cohere | Open | 128K | 31.4 | $0.15 | $0.60 | 120 | — | |
| 129 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | — | 31.4 | — | — | — | — | |
| 130 | Microsoft | Open | — | 31.4 | — | — | — | — | |
| 131 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | — | 31.4 | — | — | — | — | |
| 132 | Microsoft | Open | — | 31.3 | — | — | — | — | |
| 133 | Open | — | 31.3 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 134 | Mistral AI | Open | 33K | 31.2 | $0.05 | $0.08 | 543 | — | |
| 135 | Microsoft | Open | 128K | 31.2 | $0.07 | $0.14 | 357 | — | |
| 136 | Mistral AI | Open | 256K | 31.2 | $0.0938 | $0.25 | 235 | 68 | |
| 137 | Meta | Open | 128K | 30.9 | $0.19 | $0.65 | 102 | 456 | |
| 138 | Microsoft | Open | 128K | 30.9 | $0.075 | $0.30 | 235 | — | |
| 139 | Open | 131K | 30.8 | $0.08 | $0.16 | 308 | 62 | ||
| 140 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | — | 30.8 | — | — | — | — | |
| 141 | IBM Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | IBM | Open | — | 30.8 | — | — | — | — |
| 142 | Meta | Open | — | 30.8 | — | — | — | — | |
| 143 | Meta | Open | — | 30.7 | — | — | — | 78 | |
| 144 | 01.AI Yi-1.5-34B | 01.AI | Open | — | 30.6 | — | — | — | — |
| 145 | Meta | Open | 128K | 30.6 | $0.10 | $0.32 | 197 | — | |
| 146 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | — | 30.5 | — | — | — | — | |
| 147 | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Open | — | 30.3 | — | — | — | — | |
| 148 | Mistral AI | Open | 128K | 30.2 | $0.50 | $1.50 | 40.3 | 0 | |
| 149 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 131K | 30.1 | $0.70 | $2.80 | 24.6 | — | |
| 150 | Open | — | 30.0 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 151 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | — | 30.0 | — | — | — | — | |
| 152 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 131K | 29.9 | $2.80 | $8.40 | 7.13 | 43 | |
| 153 | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Open | — | 29.7 | — | — | — | — | |
| 154 | Microsoft | Open | — | 29.7 | — | — | — | — | |
| 155 | Microsoft | Open | — | 29.7 | — | — | — | — | |
| 156 | Open | — | 29.6 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 157 | Meta | Open | 128K | 29.6 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 74.1 | — | |
| 158 | Meta | Open | — | 29.6 | — | — | — | — | |
| 159 | Databricks | Open | — | 29.4 | — | — | — | — | |
| 160 | Open | 8K | 29.4 | $0.65 | $0.65 | 45.2 | — | ||
| 161 | Open | — | 29.3 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 162 | Microsoft | Open | — | 29.3 | — | — | — | — | |
| 163 | Meta | Open | — | 29.1 | — | — | — | — | |
| 164 | IBM Granite 4.0 Micro | IBM | Open | 131K | 29.0 | $0.017 | $0.11 | 713 | — |
| 165 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | 131K | 29.0 | $0.17 | $0.70 | 94.6 | — | |
| 166 | Meta | Open | 131K | 28.9 | $0.05 | $0.33 | 241 | — | |
| 167 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | — | 28.8 | — | — | — | — | |
| 168 | Meta | Open | — | 28.8 | — | — | — | 104 | |
| 169 | Mistral AI | Open | 262K | 28.2 | $0.15 | $0.15 | 188 | — | |
| 170 | Open | 131K | 28.1 | $0.04 | $0.08 | 563 | 72 | ||
| 171 | Microsoft | Open | — | 27.9 | — | — | — | — | |
| 172 | 01.AI Yi-34B | 01.AI | Open | — | 27.8 | — | — | — | — |
| 173 | Meta | Open | 128K | 27.7 | $0.10 | $0.30 | 184 | 272 | |
| 174 | Meta | Open | — | 27.5 | — | — | — | — | |
| 175 | Mistral AI | Open | 64K | 27.1 | $2 | $6 | 9.05 | — | |
| 176 | Mistral AI | Open | 32K | 27.1 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 38.8 | — | |
| 177 | Alibaba (Qwen) | Open | — | 26.6 | — | — | — | — | |
| 178 | Mistral AI | Open | 128K | 26.4 | $0.15 | $0.15 | 176 | — | |
| 179 | Mistral AI | Open | 131K | 26.2 | $0.10 | $0.10 | 262 | — | |
| 180 | DeepSeek | Open | — | 26.1 | — | — | — | — | |
| 181 | Open | — | 25.9 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 182 | Databricks | Open | — | 25.5 | — | — | — | — | |
| 183 | Meta | Open | — | 25.5 | — | — | — | — | |
| 184 | DeepSeek | Open | — | 24.9 | — | — | — | — | |
| 185 | Meta | Open | — | 24.4 | — | — | — | — | |
| 186 | Meta | Open | — | 24.4 | — | — | — | — | |
| 187 | Mistral AI | Open | 8K | 23.0 | $0.25 | $0.25 | 92.2 | — | |
| 188 | Meta | Open | 128K | 23.0 | $0.05 | $0.08 | 400 | — | |
| 189 | Open | — | 21.1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 190 | Meta | Open | 60K | 20.1 | $0.027 | $0.20 | 286 | — |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best open-source LLM?
As of October 2026, Kimi K3 leads the Noometry Index with a score of 59.5, ahead of GLM-5.3 at 54.8.
What are the top 5 in this ranking?
Kimi K3, GLM-5.3, DeepSeek V4 Pro, DeepSeek V4 Flash, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, in that order, as of October 2026.
How is this list ranked?
By the Noometry Index, which is fitted from every public benchmark result and adjusted for how hard each benchmark is. Models need several independent results to be ranked.